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Hello, I recently bought a bicycle from a friend, it is 6 years old but has never been used and has been kept indoors the whole time so it is pretty much brand new. However I am worried that it being unused for so long it might not work properly. So will I need to fix it up at all? or will it be ok?

The grease in the hub and headset can dry out over time and provide no lubrication but 6 years shouldn't be enough to cause that. I once got a nearly unused bike that had sat for 12 years and the bearing grease was the consistancy of dry rubber cement. Riding it like that would have ruined it.

If it were mine I'd ovehaul all the bearings but that's just a precaution and probably not necessary at this point